The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-10-08
THR LOVERS E LEAP .
A Tale of Border Life of Forty
Years Ago.
BY GAsKELL.

We had in our possession quite a
large band OF horses, some hundreds
among them some very good ones-as
good as could be found on The western
| border. They We're grazing below our
cabin, for the little valley t ere
wdened out to quite an extent, embrace
ng some hundreds OF acres of fine
| grass lands. We usually drove them
here for the night az some few of the
best We had occasion to use, we kept
there all the rime. Now, that danger
! menaced US the question of horses and
their security became quite a mo-
mentOus matter. We could not nope
% escape at ali If we were
without hprses. We could nor
| possibly keen to the mountains
If we were compelled TO retreat, as they
we're but1a narrow ride, with few hiC-
,ug places, extending quite distances
gDr5h aud south, but much less IN tie
o Ier Objection. Therefore, tie most
feasible way was If we had to run. to
do it on horseback. but even that
chance would Bs5-ayau us unless W
fCuull get the enemy ~ our rear and i'll
| became q tai OF 1ud chase.
Tine went on Notwithstanding our
2 xieJy and still la k came not. The
Fslantmg shadows heightened, showing
/ mar evening was coming OF space, and
as the outline OF The mountain crept OF.
down the valley, so Tell our hope and
rose our fears Tor the safety Of our alb
saGj ComuaniOn. Jack had endearst
himself 10 US IN many ways His flow
Of animal sp rlts never failed and ne |
was constantly II good humOr He |
had q chesry word aGd helping hand |
tor each Of US He was brave as the !
oravestla danger, and ,bCugh venture
some, he was nos 50 lar gone IN rasl |
ness rs 90 biiadly and untdinklIay !
rush into danger, and more especially !
would this be the case when by 10 !
doing he would involve his friends !
in peril with himself. But what
might nOt 3 young, WARM
ardent, impUlsive and Unse.fsh IA ure |
ike his 10 when love was at work? W.
may, if we VISA, smile at the 10 Jt
love for dark, dusky belle Of tie wild
western prt-Iis, but We well k y II
must be more than g passing interest
taaJ lead Jack 10 60 TO Jhe lengths he
had gone to Win the atfeCu us OF the
b.OOmIng Morning Dawn
and while We were SO anxious and
we're worrying about him, what had be
come Of Jack? To find out We must
accompany him or listen to the tale g.
Ae afterwards told it. He a8s nor ole
10 enlarge on danger, nor boa> fully |
add 10 story o increase The Interest
therein; and, If some parts seemed
strange, We mad every confidence in lis
veracity, for we had neY,r found him
at fault, even IN telling a tale against
himself.
When he left our camp that morning,
he LETT without any definite, or welI-de-
fined purpose. Indulging in Loves
young dream" the dull mOnotony Of
the camp had become lrksome to him.
and he stTOled away for change and
exercise and TO give flow 10 his thick
coming thoughts. He saunrered down |
the valley and half . mile or so bebw
our camp he turned up d. ravine that
lead into the hills on the south. The |
country IN that direction was. more
rugged and broken il nature than i'll |
any other, huge rocks, ClumpS of |
bushes and trees OF different kinds and |
diverse aspects, gave II a broken, con
fined appearance, where little could be |
seen at any distance. But JACK gave |
little heed 10 such things, though il
seemed Jhat even IN his dreaming mo-
nents his wandering footsteps led
toward the viilage-the abode of MS
owed Oue-ac least - village OF the
Indians lay Just at the loot OF the range
u nils he was among and the direc-
ion he had taken led him nearer and
nearer thereto.
Morning Dawn" was beautiful -
here could be no doubt of that. Even |
[, man who had roamed in many
and3, had seen beauty of many kinds O.,
and had worshipped the artistic grace
If the old masters. acknowledged that
Nor was she dark for an Indian, rather
he reverse. Observations had time and
again been made on that fact, but with
10 satisfactory results. Had her
mother been white woman and was
he a halfbreed? she was light
nough in complexion to be
indeed many persons, whose white
,lood could not be denied
we're not so fair. But all was con- t
and as such conjectures {
Isually end so ended these--in wonder
nd surmise. When fancy ceased its
agaries, there remained the potent, {
angible fact, not to be overcome by l
heory or imagination, that the burly s
hief Big Buffalo said she was his
aughter, and as his daughter SIZE
7ould be ever looked upon for all we 6
ould say or do.
1t was upon this very point Jack was t
linking about when he sat down be :
ide a big boulder Ju the low ridge,